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Starting in summer 2025, public and private organisations can apply to join the first cohort of Global Initiative for Industrial Safety (GIFIS) community members.

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Why join GIFIS?

Be part of a global movement for a safer world.

Together, we connect a worldwide network of safety practitioners – linking technology providers, regulators, government agencies, safety promotion bodies, and companies – to collaborate, share solutions, and spread knowledge.

As part of our community, you will gain practical insights through interactive “how-to” sessions that showcase real-world applications of technology to improve safety. You will also have the opportunity to influence the field and raise your visibility by helping shape new GIFIS research, being recognised on our supporter page, and co-authoring a community White Paper.

Most importantly, your involvement signals a global commitment to innovation and workplace safety, creating an impact that reaches far beyond your own organisation.

Ways to participate

Community meetings: Join online strategy sessions and “how-to” workshops to help guide the Community’s direction.

Share expertise: Contribute insights, case studies, and lessons learned from your own safety technology initiatives.

Shape the White Paper: Collaborate on a pivotal publication influencing industrial safety policy.

Champion the manifesto: Adopt and promote the Global Industrial Safety Manifesto across your networks.

Attend events: Take part in conferences as well as online and in-person gatherings.

Member benefits

Brand exposure

Your logo featured across GIFIS assets, events, and publications.

Showcase and speak

Present your safety innovations and secure speaking opportunities at global safety and technology events.

Network and grow

Build professional connections and join high-level discussions with international leaders.

Recognition

Be celebrated as an official endorser of the Global Industrial Safety Manifesto.

MANIFESTO

The Manifesto for Global Industrial Safety.

WHY DO WE NEED A MANIFESTO?

1. It is essential to improve worker safety.

It is imperative that we prioritise the safety of workers. Inadequate safety measures and hazardous work environments result in 2.8 million deaths globally every year. Furthermore, safety incidents in organisations have a significant economic impact, including early retirements, skill loss and absenteeism.

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2. International recognition of safety and health is a fundamental principle and right at work.

Industrial safety, which is often overlooked, is fundamental to achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and its associated Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In June 2022, the International Labour Organization added the principle of a safe and healthy working environment to its Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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3. Technology can make the workplace safer.

Emerging technologies offer new opportunities to tackle global industrial safety challenges, especially as they become cheaper, easier to use and more widely available.

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4. Industrial safety can be complex.

As industries evolve and incorporate new technologies, they must understand and mitigate a range of potential hazards, from traditional workplace accidents to the risks associated with cutting-edge technologies.

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5. New technologies are changing global safety needs.

While technology creates new challenges, it also enables new solutions. Increasingly affordable drones, for example, are helping companies to conduct hazardous inspections at high altitudes without putting workers at risk. At the same time, relatively simple sensors and analytics allow companies to pinpoint when machinery needs to be maintained to avoid accidents.

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6. Developing countries suffer more workplace accidents.

Developing countries are disproportionately affected, with just 10% of the population covered by safety laws. Addressing this discrepancy is crucial, not only for the wellbeing of the workforce but also for fostering sustainable and equitable economic development.

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7. Integrate industrial safety at every level

Industrial safety should be integrated at every level of an organisation. It is an important concern not just for the shop floor but also at the highest levels of the organisation.

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